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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Sept 7, 2021 17:45:56 GMT
World Champions Only.
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Post by Kliment Jefremovitš Vorošilov on Sept 7, 2021 18:07:46 GMT
Was Paul Morphy ever a world champion? Anyhow I think he should be on the list.
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Sept 7, 2021 19:51:39 GMT
Was Paul Morphy ever a world champion? Anyhow I think he should be on the list. Alas, his career was too short. He was known as the unofficial champion of the time, though. There was not a "World Champion" Title yet, and Frankly, I don't want to remake the poll. |
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Post by John Marston on Sept 8, 2021 3:33:39 GMT
Kasparov The Legend.
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Sept 8, 2021 12:18:59 GMT
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Post by Kliment Jefremovitš Vorošilov on Sept 8, 2021 12:24:11 GMT
I totally forgot to vote, but now that you said it I voted for Karpov, because I don't know who else. But why does everyone think I'm a Russian Soviet nostalgic nationalist? |
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Post by Kliment Jefremovitš Vorošilov on Sept 8, 2021 12:24:45 GMT
Also was it just a meme but wasn't Fischer a bit of a nazi?
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Sept 8, 2021 12:54:09 GMT
I totally forgot to vote, but now that you said it I voted for Karpov, because I don't know who else. But why does everyone think I'm a Russian Soviet nostalgic nationalist? I don't, but I attributed Capablanca to Thortilla, because, ya know, Latin America, I did Lasker, John Marston did Kasparov, and there was one vote for Karpov left. Since you had posted in the thread, I figured you had voted, so bada bing, bada boom. |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Sept 8, 2021 12:54:42 GMT
Also was it just a meme but wasn't Fischer a bit of a nazi? He was virulently anticommunist, but that's really it. |
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Post by Kliment Jefremovitš Vorošilov on Sept 8, 2021 12:59:42 GMT
Also was it just a meme but wasn't Fischer a bit of a nazi? He was virulently anticommunist, but that's really it. Well, now that I read about him in Wikipedia, he started to get antisemitic after conflict with the USA. But antisemitic doesn't always mean nazi. |
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Post by alexandrvasilevski on Sept 14, 2021 15:12:14 GMT
I totally forgot to vote, but now that you said it I voted for Karpov, because I don't know who else. But why does everyone think I'm a Russian Soviet nostalgic nationalist? Soviet nationalist is a strong term. Note it down!!! |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Sept 14, 2021 21:04:18 GMT
I'll actually change my vote to Vladimir Kramnik.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2021 10:42:27 GMT
Capablanca ftw.
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Dec 2, 2021 23:24:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2021 3:11:34 GMT
I mean, he's a machine. Even in his last tournament, he was winning in the first half, but in the second half, he started losing due to his health deteriorating. He beat Lasker, who was a great chess player btw, and pretty much beat everyone from his era. His playstyle was quite modern if not too simplistic, and he played similar to Magnus and Karpov. And he was chess player from a century ago. Fischer said he was a genius who just played chess, but i'll give that distinction to Capablanca. He never studied too much chess, and yet he was the best of his era. His brain was made for chess pretty much. He was also good looking. |
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